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Historic Earthquake
1936 People's Republic of China Earthquake
17 August 1936 · Yunnan Province · People's Republic of China
On 17 August 1936, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Yunnan Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 224 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 30 people.
- Date
- 17 August 1936
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 30
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19961996 Lijiang Earthquake · M 6.6322 deaths
- 19951995 Wuding Earthquake · M 6.281 deaths
- 19741974 Zhaotong Earthquake · M 7.120,000 deaths
- 19701970 Tonghai Earthquake · M 7.115,621 deaths
- 19251925 Dali Earthquake · M 6.95,800 deaths
- 1917Yunnan Province · M 6.81,800 deaths
- 19131913 Eshan Earthquake · M 7.0942 deaths
- 19092011 Yunnan Earthquake · M 6.521 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth